After steadily rallying from the beginning of 2017, the VN-Index corrected in the second half of April. Continuing the upward momentum from the beginning of 2017, the VNI rose to a fresh nine-year high on April 11 at 731.3 before falling to around 710. It then moved sideways for the next two weeks before slightly recovering in the last three trading sessions of the month. The rebound could be attributed to positive global and domestic news, including the US good initial Q1 results